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UEFA punish Spain duo Rodri and Alvaro Morata for Gibraltar song in Euro 2024 celebrations
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Nico Williams' opening goal at the start of the second half and substitute Mikel Oyarzabal's late winner condemned England to a second successive Euros final defeat at the Olimpiastadion in Berlin.

While Gareth Southgate and his squad made a sombre journey back to the UK after another painful close call, Spain's players returned to their homeland to host victory celebrations in the capital.

Morata intensified the backlash by taking it up a notch and encouraging the joyous thousands in attendance to join in with the same chant.

The Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) lodged a complaint about the scenes to UEFA, stating it had "noted the extremely provocative and insulting nature of the celebrations around the Spanish Men's national team winning Euro 2024".

Gibraltar added that "football has no place for behaviour of this nature."

The reaction prompted European football's governing body to oversee an evaluation of "a potential violation of the UEFA disciplinary regulations," and Rodri and Morata have landed themselves in hot water.

UEFA have confirmed that their control, ethics and disciplinary body (CEDB) will decide on the next steps "in due course."

Gibraltar, an enclave at Spain's most southern point, has been under British rule since the 18th Century.

They had the last laugh, extending England's 58 years of hurt, which led to Southgate's resignation as manager after an almost-decade-long reign.

Spain are now the most successful nation in the European Championships' history, lifting the Henri Delaunay Trophy four times, once more than Germany.

Meanwhile, England's wait to be named European champions for the first time continues.